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Monticello CUSD 25

Monticello, Illinois · Superintendent: Adam Clapp · #236 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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1,707

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,960

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% below the Illinois median

14.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Monticello CUSD 25 is a public school district based in Monticello, Illinois, serving 1,707 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #236 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 37% of them. Its schools average 427 students each, about the same as the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Adam Clapp. It spends about $14,960 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% less than the Illinois median. It has roughly 14.1 students per teacher.

How Monticello CUSD 25 compares

Monticello CUSD 25Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,960

Illinois median $16,815 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,261

Illinois median $10,013 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school427

Illinois median 465 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.1

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor854

Illinois median 490 · 74% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 30%Local 67%

Measure	Monticello CUSD 25	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,960	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,261	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$38.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	121	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	238	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.1	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	854	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Adam Clapp

Superintendent, Monticello CUSD 25

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Prairie Central CUSD 8Fairbury	1,712	6	$16,196	12.2	#233
Pekin CSD 303Pekin	1,712	1	$14,981	15.6	#234
Roxana CUSD 1Roxana	1,708	4	$18,867	14.4	#235
Monticello CUSD 25Monticello · this district	1,707	4	$14,960	14.1	#236
Herscher CUSD 2Herscher	1,686	4	$16,528	14.2	#237

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Parker Unified School District (4510)Parker, AZ	1,707	$11,277	16.9
River Forest Community School CorporationHobart, IN	1,707	$9,535	17.4
EudoraEudora, KS	1,707	$11,131	14.8
Charlotte County Public SchoolsCharlotte Court House, VA	1,707	$11,948	12.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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